Telpher system.



No. 664,284. Patented Dec. l8, I900.

J. H. &. A. PAULEY.

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TELPHER SYSTEM.

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PATENT OFFICE.

U ITED STATES JAMES H. PAULEY AND ALBERT PAULEY, OF COPENHAVER, WEST VIRGINIA.

TEL PHER SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,284, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed March 2, 1900. Serial No. 7,141. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES H. PAULEY and ALBERT PAULEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Copenhaver, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Telpher System, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to telpher systems in general, and more particularly to that class employed for carrying'water from place to place, one object of the invention being to provide a construction in which a bucket or other vessel may be transported to a well or spring, then lowered to fill with water, and then drawn back to its place of starting, the entire operation being performed and directed from one end of the telpher-cable.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the several parts of the apparatus may be operated from a single crank and in which the block or car will be held stationary while the bucket is being raised or lowered.

In the drawings forming a portion. of this specification, and in which similar numerals of reference designate like and corresponding parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective view showing a system and apparatus arranged and constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing the car in section and the remaining parts of the structure in elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional-view showing the Windlass at one end of the system and illustrating the clutch mechanism carried thereby. Fig. 4 is a radial section of that Windlass-drum which raises and lowers the bucket. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the car and showing the arrangement of the gripping-jaws. Fig. 6 is avertical transverse section through the car and showing the latching-bolt in elevation. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the lower'portion of the car, with the block which is engaged by the bolt, and illustrating the position of the raising and lowering line passed around one side of the block.

Referring now to the drawings, the present system comprises a cable 10, supported at one end by an upright 11 and at its opposite end by a cross-piece 12, attached to parallel uprights 13 and 14, which latter have a conmeeting-brace 15 at their upper ends. uprights are so positioned that the cable 10 will pass over the well, spring, or other body of water from which the water is to betaken, and mounted upon the cable is a car16,which is hollow, as illustrated in Fig. 2. This car is suspended by hangers 17, in which are journaled rollers 18, which directly engage the cable 10.

The car 16 is adapted to carry a bucket in a manner which will be presently explained, and means are provided for moving the car from one end to the other of the cable. This moving means comprises a shaft, including two coaxial sections 20 and 21, which are rotatably mounted in the uprights l3 and 14. The shaft 20 is mounted directly in a metallic bearing 22 in upright 14, the inner end of which projects beyond the inner face of the upright 14 and is provided with clutchingteeth 23. The shaft 20 is adapted for reciprocatory movement in this bearing, and fixed upon the shaft-section 20 is a winding-drum 24, upon one end of the hub of which are clutch-teeth 25, which are moved into and out of engagement with the clutch-teeth 23 when the shaft-section 20 is reciprocated. This reciprocation of the shaft-section 20 is accomplished by means of a lever 26, which is fulcrumed between ears 27 upon the upright 14 and has one end pivotally connected with the outer end of the shaft-section, which latter is adapted to rotate with respect to the lever.

The hub of the drum 24 at its end opposite to the teeth 25 is provided with an axial recess 28, which is cylindrical and'which receives the adjacent end of the shaft-section 21 rotatably. Mounted upon or formed integral with the shaft-section 21 is a second winding drum 29, and the adjacent ends of the drums 24 and 29 are provided with clutch-teeth 30 and 31, respectively, which are adapted to mutually engage when the lever 26 is operated to move the teeth 25 from the teeth 23. The shaft-section 21 is provided upon its outer end with an operatingcrank 32.

The car 16 is operated directly by the drum 24, and for this purpose a line 33 is given sev These eral turns around the drum 24 to frietionally engage the latter and is also engaged with a pulley 34 upon theupright 11. This line 33, as illustrated in the drawings, has its ends attached to the opposite ends of the car 16. With this structure it will be seen that when the lever 26 is operated to engage the teeth 30 and 31 the crank 32 may be operated to rotate the drum 24 and move the car in either direction along the cable, depending upon the direction of rotation of the crank. The drum 29 is employed onlyin raising and lowering the bucket in a manner which will be presently explained.

The car 10' has a pulley-wheel 36 mounted therein, and in line with a vertical tangent of this pulleyis an opening 37 in the bottom of the car, a second opening 37 being formed in one end of the car, as illustrated. A line 39 has one end fixed to the drum 29 and has its opposite end passed through the opening 37, then over the pulley 36, and finallydownwardly and through the opening 37, where it is attached to one end of a latch-bolt 38. This latch-bolt comprises a straight bar, as illustrated, upon which and concentric therewith is formed or secured a frusto-conical body 39 To the opposite end of the bar 38 from the attachment of the line 39 is connected a bucket 40. When the drum 29 is operated, if the car he held immovable the bucket will thus be drawn upwardly, and the opening 37 in the bottom of the car is of sufiicient size to permit the body 39 to pass therethrough. Pivoted within the car and upon the bottom thereof are two levers 41 and 42, the inner ends ofwhich lie normally in engagement under the influence of a spring 43, which is disposed between their outer ends, which project through a slot 44 in the end of the car. At mutually adjacent points semicircular recesses 45 and 46 are formed in the levers 41 and 42, respectively, and when the levers are in mutual contact a complete circle is presented, these semicircular portions forming gripping-jaws. As the latch-bolt is drawn upwardly by the line 59 the upper end of the frusto-conical body 39 enters between the jaws and presses them outwardly until said body passes above the jaws, when the jaws are moved inwardly by the spring 43 and engage under the body 39 to support the bolt and the bucket carried thereby. If the outer ends of the levers 41 and 42 be then moved toward each other to separate thejaws, the bucket may be lowered by releasing or manipulating the crank 32.

Mounted upon the opposite end of the car from that having the opening 44 therein are ears 50, between which is pivoted a lever 51, the lower end of which is connected with a reciprocatory bolt 52 through the medium of a link 53. This bolt 52 is mounted to constantly engage guides 54 and 55 upon the bottom of the car and to move into and out of engagement with a perforation in a block 56 as the bolt is reciprocated. The pin 38 of the latch-bolt is provided with an eye 38 just above the body 39, (shown in Fig. 7,) and which eye is adapted to receive the bolt or pin 52.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The lever 26 having been operated to engage the teeth carried by the two drums and the car 16 being at the end of the system adjacent the drums, the lever 51 is operated toengage the bolt 52 with the eye in the pin 38, the line 39 passing from between the parts 55 and 56 and around the part 56. By then operating the crank 32 the upper portion of the I line 33 may be wound in and the lower portion unwound, when the car will travel in the direction of the upright 11. During this operation the drum 29 operates to pay out the line 39. Upon the cable 19 adjacent the well or spring is a stop 57, and when the car has reached a position in which the bucket is held over the well or spring the lever 51 strikes this stop 57, and the lever is then operated to draw the bolt 52 from the eye in the pin 38. The bucket immediately drops and by taking up the slack of the line 39 indicates that it is disengaged from the car. The lever 26 is then operated to disengage the drum 24 from the drum 29, and the line 39 may then be paid out and the bucket lowered to the proper extent. When the bucket is filled, the crank 32 is operated to wind the line 39 upon the drum 29 and raise the bucket, the car being held against movement under the influence of the line 39 because of the engagement of the teeth 23 and 2 5. The drum 29 is operated until thebody 39 is drawn above the jaws of the levers 41 and 42, after which the lever 26 is operated to reengage the winding-drums, and continued motion of the crank 32 will operate the line 33 to return the car, it being understood that the drum 29 at the same time takes up the slack of the line 39. When the car, with the bucket, has been drawn back to the locality of the windingdrums, the outer ends of the levers 41 and 42 may be operated by hand to release the latchbolt, when the bucket may be lowered to empty the water.

It will thus be seen that by the present arrangement of the car and the winding-drums, and by their construction, the water may be raised and moved from one pointto another by an operator at one end of the line.

It will of course be understood that in practice the specific structure shown may be changed and that any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. In a device for dipping and conveying liquids, the combination with a cable, of a car disposed to traverse the cable, a lifting and lowering line slidably engaged with the car, a latch-bolt attached to the line, said bolt having an eye and an enlargement, a bucket carried by the bolt, guides upon the car, a

bolt slidably mounted in the guides and adapted for engagement with the eye of the latchbolt initially, a lever pivoted to the car and connected with the sliding bolt to operateit, a stop upon the cable for engagement by the lever to draw the slidable bolt and permit the bucket to be lowered and filled, spring-pressed jaws pivoted upon the car and adapted for engagement with the latch-bolt below the enlargement thereof, said lifting and lowering cord being passed upwardly between the jaws to raise the bucket when filled and to engage the bolt with the jaws for return movement, and means for moving the car in one direction along the cable with the empty bucket suspended from the sliding bolt and for returning the car with the filled bucket suspended from the jaws.

2. The combination with a cable and a car mounted for movement thereon, of a two-part shaft, a drum carried by each part of the shaft, and having clutch-faces for mutualengagement, means connected with one of the drums for moving the car, a line connected with the second drum and passed through the car and having a bucket attached thereto, a

crank connected with the last-named drum, a second clutch for holding the first drum stationary, and means for operating the clutches alternately.

3. The combination with a cable and a car mounted for movement thereon, of operating means for the car comprising a shaft having a drum and a crank rigidly connected thereto, said drum having a clutch-face, a second drum slidably mounted upon the shaft and having a clutch-face for engagement with the face of the first drum and having also a second clutch-face, a fixed clutch-face for engagement by the second face of the second drum when the first face of the second drum is drawn from the clutch-face of the first drum, and means for reciprocating the second drum to operate its clutch-faces,alternately.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. PAULEY. ALBERT PAULEY. Witnesses:

BIDDIE A. HAMMACK, GEORGE A. ORAEDER. 

